Research Assessment

Independent assessment ranks UCL's research among the best.

UCL
is the top-rated university in the UK for research strength in the new
Research Excellence Framework 2014 published in December 2014, by a measure of
average research score multiplied by staff numbers submitted.

UCL researchers received a ‘grade point average’ of 3.22
(out of 4) and submitted over 2,500 staff to be assessed in REF2014,
giving UCL an overall research power greater than both the University of
Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

Other highlights of REF2014 for UCL include:

UCL enjoys the greatest amount of 4* (“world leading”) research in
Panel A, covering medicine and biological sciences, much of which is
conducted in collaboration with our partner hospitals

UCL has the largest amount of academic research activity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics);

UCL has the strongest research power and share of 4* research in
Panel C, covering social sciences, and overtaking both Oxford University
and the LSE for the first time;

UCL Economics, UCL Psychology & Language Sciences, UCL
Neuroscience, the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, the UCL
Institute of Education, UCL Chemistry and UCL Computer Science are
among the university’s top research performers;

UCL received a ‘grade point average’ of 3.54 (out of 4) regarding
the real-world impact of its research, placing it among the top
comprehensive universities rated.